The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, March 05, 1909, Page TWO, Image 2
LESS TIME ALLOWED.
'Cader New Statute, Mortgages and
Papers Must be Recorded With
in Ten Days.
Columbia, Maireh I.-One of the im
portant Acts passed at the recent ses
sion of the general assembly chan
ges, after May 1, the time in which
mortgages and papers should be re
corded. The law now gives forty days
in which such papers can be recorded.
Under the new statute they are to be
reorded within ten days. The Act
provides:
"Section 2,456. All deeds of con
veyance of land, tenements or heredi
taments, either in fee simple or for
life; all deeds of trusts or instra
ments in writing, conveying either
real or personal estate, and creating a
trust or trusts in regard to such pro
perty, or charging or encumbering the
same; all mortgages or instruments in
writing in the nature of a mortgage,
of any property, ireal or personal; all
marriage settlements or instruments
in the nature of a settlement of mar
riage; all leases or contracts in writ
ing made between landlord and ten
ant for a longer period than twelve
months; all statutory liens on build
ings and lands for materials or labor
furnished on them; all statutory liens
on ships and vessels; all certificates
of renuneiation of dower; and, gener
ally, all instruments in writing now
required by .law to be recorded in the
office of register of mesne convey
anms or clerk of court in those coun
ties ,w[here the office of register of
mesne conveyances has been abolish
ed or in the office of the secretary of
state, delivered or executed on and
after the first day of May, in the
year of our Lord one thousand, nine
hundred and nine, shall be valid, so
ws to affeet from the time of such de
livery or execution the rights of sub
sequent creditors (whether lien credi
tors or simple contract creditors) or
purchasers for valuable consideration
without notice, only when recorded
within ten darys from the time of such
-delivery or execution in the office of
the register of mesne conveyance or
clerk of court of the county where
the property :affected thereby is sit
uated, in the ease of real estate; and
in the case of personal property of
the county where the owner of said
property resides, if he resides within
'the State, or, if he resides without
the State, of the county where such
personal property is situated at the
'time of the delivery or execution of
said deeds or instruments: Provided.
xievertflheless, that the recordigig and
record of the above mentioned deeds
or instruments of writing subsequent
.to the expiration of said twenty days
shall, from the date of such record,
operate as notice to all who may sub
sequentliy thereto become creditors or
purchasers.''
COL. SLOAN'S DEATH SURPRISE.
He Was Known to be Very Ill, But
Was Expected to Survive'
Some Time.
Columbia, March 1.-Much to the
surprise of the people of Columbia
they heard this morning that Col.
John T. Sloan had died on the train
while on his way home from Philadel
phia. Some time ago Col. Sloan was
taken to Philadelphia for treatment
and the physicians there ad
vised that there was nothing
that could be done. Col. Sloan was
suffering from what is known as hard
nigof the liver. It was thought
that he would be able to survive for
some time, and the news .th'at he had
not survived the trip home was a
great shock..
Mr. Beverly Sloan 'had gone on to
the hospital with his father, but his
ceon'dition was so good that he return
ed home to attend to the office work.
Col. Sloan died whuile the passen
ger train was near Greensboro, N. C.,
and -his body was taken off at Salhis
bury for preparation and will be
brought to his home tonight or in tihe
morning. Mr. Beverly Sloan and oth
er members of his family go to es
cort Mrs. Sloan and the body to Co
.lumbia.
Col. Sloan was one of the most pro
minent citizens of Columbia and had
frequently been honored by his fel
low eitizens of Riehland county, and
in lalter life had been elected Lieuten
aint grovernor of this State by the
people of Carolina.
Col. Sloan was a man of extreme
ycoutth to have beeni a Confederate sol
dier, for he was born in 1845 and yet
had the distinction of having been a
-boy soldier of the Confedera.cy.
It was after he had gallantly served
hi's State as a Confederate soldier
that he attended t.he South Carolina
colleste and wa.s one of its most devot
ed alumni.
(>1. Sloan served his State with
dist in sion (luring the stirring days
of Reon-truetwin, and was a member
vf t*e ('eeml assemlyK at the time
that (':. Willimn Waliace was in the
.a'ssembly andl when 'his friend. (01.
Jos. WV. Barnwell, was in the house
from Charleston county.
Col. Sloan took a most active part
in the work of Reconstruction and
was always more or less prominent
and active in politics in this State.
For many years he served as State
senator from this county.
Col. Sloan was a prominent mem
ber of the Columbia Bar, and during
his life accumulated considerable pro
perty.
He leaves his widow and three chil
dren to survive him. One of his sons,
Mr. R.. Beverly Sloan, was his I w
partner. His daughter is now Mrs.
Jas. A. Catheart, and his youngest
son. John T. Sloan, Jr., is a college
student.
FEATHERSTONE DISAPPOINTED
But Prohibition Leader Thinks Com
promise is Only Temporary
Setback.
News and Courier.
Laurens, March 1.-In view of the
fact that the Hon. C. C. Featherstone,
of this city, 'has been connected with
the fight for prohibition in South
Carolina for many years, and is still
interested therein, and that he is al
ready an avowed candidate for gov
ernor in 1910 as an advocate of State
wide prothibtion, the News and Cour
ier correspondent called upon Mr.
Featherstone for an opinion on the
outcome of the liquor fight in the
general assembly, which was brought
to a close late Saturday night. While
by no means discouraged by the re
sult, Mr. Featherstone made no effort
to .conceal his disappointment that
the prohibtion forces were compelled
to accept a emopromise. His opinion
was that wihile he had hoped for more,
vet this new law would result in the
acquisition of much more "dry'" ter
ritory.
Continuing, Mr. Featherstone said:
"I must confess that I had hoped
for better things. My preference all
along has been for a State-wide Re
ferendum Act, referring the whole
question to the people for settlement.
This, in my judgment, would have
been better, by a great deal, than the
plan adopted by the general assem
bly.
"Our trouble, all along, has been
that there are in the general assem
bly a good many men who, at hea;rt,
are pyrohibitionists, and some of them
from dry counties, who felt that they
were virtually instructed to stand by
local option. Som~e of these would, in
an election, vote for State-wide pro-i
hibition. All of them will vote for
prohibition in an election in their own
counties. But they did not feel that
there were a.t liberty now to voteI
that way in the general assem
bly. There are others, throughout the
State, who are just as good prohibi
tionists as 'any of us, but waho might
be styled ''local option prohibition
ists.'' They vote that way in their
county elections, but .they do not be
lieve that the timie nas come for a
State-wide law.
''Up to a year ago, I felt very
much the same way, but a close study
of the question has convinced me oth
erwise. I now think 'that the whole
question ought to be submitted to the
people and let .them settle it for the
entire State. However, that result
can and will be brought about later.
There is no use to ''ery over spilled
milk.'' The thing for us to do is to
make the best of what we have.
''I am satisfied that at least two
thirds of thewet counties can be voted
d:ry next summer if the proper effort!
is made. I expect to devote the big
gest part of my time this summer to
assisting the wet counties to vote
thiskey out. I am 'in for the war.'
''Another great work tihat we can
do is to organi-e for the enforcement
of the law in the counties that are al
ready dry. I 'have been in the work
too long to be discouraged by a fai1
ure .to 'accomplish what we had hoped
*in the general assenTbly. Nearly a
uarter of a century ago, when I 'first
commenced to work for prohibition,
we couldn 't Ihave gotten a half-dozen
men to espouse our cause there. Now
we have only lost by a narrow mar
gin. In fact, we have not lost at all.
We are only delayed for a short
while. The sentiment against whis
key is growing daily, and when the
people do get a lick at it they will
put it out of business.'
4. *
* ADDRESS TO FARMERS. I
** * * * * '* * * * * ***
Nowv is the stime to regulate prices;
not when the crop is made. Septem
ber, 1909, is too late to begin fixing
on setting price.
What is the remedy for low prices
on cotton? Three things are 'essential
to do. Organize into the Farmer's
Educational and Co-operative union
of America and live up to its declarai
tin o f pups aind diversifV \our1
ros so as to make home self-sup
porti. Now. let us look at diver
~iied {:::.n : fn!H see if it wvill pay' as
to do it. If it will pay us as farmer;.
let us adopt it into our system at
one M farmers ,think diversi
Iif d Ji i flU .10hl I r Lli . S"u11 fa r
mers have a wrong conception of it.
Well, what does it mean? It means
this kind of farming: First, make
ample provision to plant plenty of
wheat. In all parts~of the South
where it can be grown successfully
and profitably, we should supply all
home needs and have a. few barrels of
flour :to sell. In th.e portions of the
South where wheat does not do well
oats will grow fine. In that section
sow oats to supply home markets for
seed and feed. It has been demon
strated r cently that in all portions of
the Soutt . on our uplands that there
has been grown from 50 to 100 bush
els of corn to the acre. It has also
been demonstrated that in any section
of the South pork can be raised cheap
er than in the Western States. We
can also raise horses and mules as
eheap here. Dairying can be made as
profitable here in the South as in any
country, so, with these facts before
us, where does the trouble lie ? With
the Southern farmer himself. Who is
to blame for cotton selling for 9 1-2
cents when it ought to be selling for
13? No one is to blame but the man
who produces it. On the other hand,
if the farmers of the South bad been
diversifying their crops for the last
ten years, they could have been a very
rich people. The above system I call
diversified agriculture, whieh means
success for the Southern farmer. Now
let us see where our money goes and
for what things we send it West. I
have, carefully as I could, gotton up
the amount of money that South aro
lina is spending for products that she
ought to raise. Many of her sons
will be surprised to find that her cot
ton crop will not pay the debt, so,
Brother Farmers, consider what you
are doing -and wheie you are. Below
you will find what South Carolina is
spending annually, and it is appall
ing:
Horses and mules.......$ 6,000,000
Corn ..............10,800,000
Flour ..............18,000,000
Bacon ... ......... 12,000,000
Fertilizers...... .....15,000,000
Oats..... ...........7,500,000
Hay.. .. .. .... ... .... 8,000,000
Total.. ............$79,300,000
We will say that South Carolina
will make in 1908 approximately 1,
200,000 bales of cotton, valued at $46
per bale. This makes a -total of $55,
200,000. So we have $35,200,000
worth of 'cotton money to pay $79,
300,000 with. Deduct our cotton crop
from the indetedness and we are still
in debt $24,100,000. Fearmers, stop,
consider and think and apply the re
medy. Organization, co-operation and
diversification of crops. Every bale
of cotton that has been sold of the
1908 crop has been sold below its ac
tual value $20 per bale. Therefgre we
have lost on the 1908 crop $24,000,000,
which would share about brought us
out even and paid our indebtedness.
Why haven't we got ,the $20 per bale
we ought to have had? Is it because
conditions did not warrant it i No.
The cause is that the farmer who pro
duced it did not co-operate and use
good business judgment in selling it,
and also in producing it. Now, let
us turn this old cow around. We
have been feeding her a.nd the other
fellow has been getting the milk. Now,
it is time we farmers have the milk
end of her and make the other fellow
feed her, and conditions will begin
at once to change. With conditions
staring us in the face as they do to
day, what is our first and greatest
duties as farmers? It is to cut the
acreage of cotton at least 30 per
cent., plant in food crops, and also
cut fertilizer bi-lls at least 35 per cent.
So this is tahe first step to take in
setting the price for the 1909 crop,
and if it is done it will not fail to
make a remunerative price for the
grower. How can any farmer pros
per when he buys corn for $1 per
bushel while he could raise it him
self for 35 cents? He buys bacon at
10 cents per pound when he can grow
it from 3 to 5 eents per pound. Why
should he pay $225 to $250 for horses
and mules when he can raise just as
nice ones for $100? And winy should
a farmer buy hay for .$25 per ton
when he can raise it and put it in his
barn for .$8 per ton. Now, is there
any I)nlleIss !or commo'n 3Sense in
hel ahoreC nientioned ?If~ vowr I)'nk
er was tfo go North dl boi.row nion
ey for 4 per cent. and bring it here
and loan it to you for 3 per cent.,
'how long would lie be in the b:mnking
busines.s? If your merchant bought
shoes for $1.25 and sold tahem to you
for $1, 'how long would *he be in the
merhant business? It would only
be a short time until he would fail. I
want to urg~e every farmer !to edneate
himself to be a business man. There
is noth 1ing will respond more qulickly
than fa rminz if business met hods are
applied to it. I hope that every far
mr will read the report of the (enunf
try li fe. commitission andi adopt tahe
great principles it suggests. If you
do success is assured. Let our watch
Union of America. If we live up to
her teaehing agriculture will be re
volutionized in thN South. Just re
member you. the farmer, ean make
cotton sell for 8 1-2 cents, and you
can also make it sell for 15 cents.
Which do you prefer? If you want 8
1-2 do as you have .been doing. If
you want 15 cents make your home
self-supporting and be happy. I want
you to remember that it all depends
upon you and do not blame the oth
er fellow. What is the remedy? Cut
cotton acreage 30 per cent, plant food
crops. cut fertilizer 35 per cent. and
you will win.
I hope that each cotton belt State
will adopt these principles.
B. Harris,
President S. C. Staite Farmers' Union.
Pendleton, S. C.
Quenn of Dairy Breeds.
Jacoba Irene is No. 146,443 in the
Jersey registry. The test which es-1
tiblilshes her championship lasted ex
aetly one year. It began January 25,
1908, when a new calf was born, and
ended Sunday night, January 24,
1909. During the year the cow produc
ed 17,253.2 pound of milk, containing
1,122.58 pounds of butter.
The total amount of food she con
sumed during the year was: Bran,
1,693.5 pounds; corn, 660.5 pounds,
oil meal, 488.5 pounds; glaeten, 1,
614.5 pounds; oats, 363.5 pounds;
corn silage, 7,400 pounds; cut alfalfa
hay, 1,074 pounds; hay, 3,000 pounds;
in addition, the cow was in pasture
for five hours a day for five months.
The total cost of her feed was $96.43.
The total value of her butter, at the
average Elgin quotation of 29 cents a
pound, was $325.24. Her best day's
yield of milk was 69.8 pounds, over
eight gallons.
Auten has refused $5,000 for the
bull calf, which is just a year old. He
sold a heifer calf last year for. $1,
000. He says he would not sell Ja
coba Irene for any price. She is now
ten years and nine months old.
Th;e above is from the Farm Home,
of Springfield, Ill., and has local ap
plication in that Mr. Jno. Scott's
"Exiles Lord Newberry" was the
grand son of Jocoba Irene.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT,
As Executor of the estate of Sim
eon Miller, deceased, I will make a
final settlement of said estate in the
probate court of Newberry county on
February 23, 1909, at eleven o 'clock
in the forenoon, and inrmediately
thereafter will apply ,to said court for
letters dismissory as said. Executor
of Simeon Miller, deceased.
J. H. Wise,
Executor.
A Hurry Up Call.
Quick ! M4r. Druggist-Quick !-A
box of Bucklen 's Arnica Salte
Here's a quarter-For the love of|
Moses, hurry ! Baby's burned him-|
self, terribly-Johnnie cut his foot|
with the axe-Mamie's scalded-Pa
can't walk from piles-Billie has
boils-and my corns ache. She got it
and soon cured all the family. Its
the greatest healer on earth. Sold
by W. E. Pelham & Son, Newberry,
S. C.'
BLUE RIDGE SCHEDULES.
Eastbournd.
No. .18, leaves Anderson at 6.3U a
mn., for connection at Belton witra
Southern for Greenville.
No. 12, from Walballa, leaves An.
derson at 10.15 a. in., for connection
at Belton with Southern Railway for
Columbia and Greenville.
No. 20, leaves Anderson at 2.20
p. i., for connections at Belton with
Southern Railway for Greenville.
No. 8, daily except Sunday, from
Walalla arrives Anderson 6.24 p.
in., with connections at Seneca with
Southern Railway from points south.
No. 10, from Walhalla, leaves An
derson at 4.57 p. mn., for connections
at Belton with Sonthern Railway for
Greenville and Columbia.
Westbound.
No. 17, arrives at Anderson at 7.50
a. n., from Belton with connections
fron Greenville.
No. 9. arrives at Anderson at -!2.24
p. n., from Belton with connections
'~r Greenville andl Coim nbiai. G')es
to Walalla.
No. 19, arrives at Anderson at 3.40
p. mn., from Belton with connections
frol Greenville.
No. 11, arrives at Anderson at
6.29 p. mn., from Belton with con
nections from Greenville and Colum
bia. Goes to Walhialla.
No. 7. daily except Sunday, leaves
.\ nderscn at 9.20 a. mn.. for Walhalla.
with connections at Seneca for loed'~
Nos. 17, 18, 19. and 20 are mnixe4
rs between Anderson and Beltor
- Nos. 7 and 8 are local freight
raiins, carrying passengers, between
Anderson and Walhalla and between
Wflhalla and Anderson
Ewart=Perry
Company
STILL ALIVE
AND IN BUSINESS
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SELL
All Winter Clothing and
Heavy Shoes AT COST
COME TO US
When in need of anything in
Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Shirts, Etc.
We Will Save You Money.
Thanking the generous public for
their past patronage, we respect
fully ask a continuance of same,
promising to give in return a fair
and square deal to all.
Ewart = Perry
Company
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